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KNECHT, HEIDI (ed.). (Interdisc. Contr. Archaeol. Ser.). xviii, 408 pp., illus., tables, bibliogr. New York, London: Plenum Press, 1997. $59.50

Stone age archaeology often emphasizes projectile points and its literature is rich both in detailed analyses of these artefacts and in largely untested assumptions about them. This book, which brings together archaeological, experimental and ethnographic information on the use and design of spears and arrows in order to illuminate and challenge these assumptions, thus offers the possibility of considerably enhancing the rigour and ...